כָּוָה kâvâh — properly, to prick or penetrate
Translated in the KJV as burn.
a primitive root; properly, to prick or penetrate; hence, to blister (as smarting or eating into).
kâvâh in each stem
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›